National Ctr for Juvenile JusticeResearch DivisionUnited States of America

Date Published:

07/2003

Page Count:

114

Annotation:

This report profiles the nearly 1.7 million delinquency cases processed by courts nationwide with juvenile jurisdiction in 1999 and reviews judicial trends since 1990.

Abstract:

Data used in this report are stored in the National Juvenile Court
Data Archive, which contains the most detailed information available
on juveniles involved in the juvenile justice system and on the
activities of U.S. juvenile courts. Two chapters present national
estimates of delinquency cases processed by the juvenile courts in
1999 and also analyze caseload trends from 1990. One of the two
chapters provides data on the volume and rate of delinquency cases, sources of referral, demographic characteristics of the juveniles involved (age, gender, and race), and the types of offenses charged. The second of the two chapters traces the flow of delinquency cases through the courts as it examines each decision point (detention, intake decision, judicial decisions, and judicial disposition) and presents data by demographic characteristics and type of offense.
Combined, these two chapters provide a detailed national portrait of
delinquency cases handled by courts with juvenile jurisdiction. The
remaining chapter presents a sample-based profile of status offense
cases formally processed by the juvenile courts between 1990 and 1999.
It contains data on demographic characteristics, type of offenses
charged, and case processing. One appendix describes the statistical
procedure used to generate the estimates, and another appendix defines key terms used in the report. The final appendix presents a detailed table that shows the number of delinquency, status offense, and dependency cases processed by juvenile courts in 1999 by State and county. Extensive tables and figures and an index of tables and figures

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